Sunday, December 30, 2012

A lot of things happened this 2012. Sadly, this year was not my year. Now I'm starting to believe my last year's horoscope reading.

This year, two of my cousins got married. First is Kuya Joemar who got married with Ate Xenia. It's my second time to participate in a wedding ceremony; the first time was during my Aunt Melda's wedding around late 90's. My other cousin, Joy, and my kapatid, Chamme, also participated. Second is Ate Alyn who got married with Kuya Julius. I also participated with the wedding ceremony.

This year also marked the beginning of me having failing scores. Uhhh. I used to think that I will never ever get a failing score but shit happened. My first failing score was from my CHEM 112 second exam. After that, well... failed scores again. It was really a shocking experience. Though I'm proud to say that even though I got failed exam scores, I never failed any subjects...

Almost. I almost failed one effing subject. This year, I got my first 3.00 grade from ChE 153. Uhhh. My pre-final grade was 2.50. After taking the final exam... That's that. Although the mean grade for ChE 153 last sem was 5.00. I hope wala na akong makuhang 3.00 this sem... better rin kung ndi ko ma-experience ang magka-5.00.

For
my first solo project, I got to finish one volume only. Sadly, I was too
engaged on doing other stuff that I lazed out on drawing. Well, I also
started coloring my drawings... using paint.NET. Uhhh. I'm really not
very good with the crayons etc. so I decided to use a computer program.

This was also the year when I was really more active in my hobby than in my academics. I got to finish watching #SAO_anime, #PMMM, and #FateZero anime; All of which Yuki Kajiura composed for the themes and music. I started re-reading #FairyTail, #Gintama, and #AliceAcademy, etc.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Lately, I'm having difficulty in conceptualizing themes for my next volume. So I decided to make fanarts.Supposedly my SKETCH project is all about my own designs. So I guess I have to redefine it somehow.

SKETCH VOL.#8 ~Fanarts is my 8th drawings compilation (duh). The drawings included [and to be included in the future] are purely fanarts. The original designs belong to the original creator/s. I just added a bit of my own style on the drawings.

Currently, there are four official entries for this volume. Unlike my other compilations, this volume's drawings shall be collected just like the "VOL.#4 ~early drawing renewal" wherein new drawings shall be added at any time in the future.

NOTE:Rough Translation italicized and smaller font size located just below the original text. I will only highlight important information because some info were already added from the previous postKaori Oda First SOLO Album 「PLACE」

This is a relatively old topic. I wanted to make a new post about this earlier this year but I was too lazy. Anyways, I was really overjoyed to learn that Yuki Kajiura is collaborating with REMI for the soundtrack of 「sword art online」 and just after that news, REMI posted in her blog about the song 「Fairy Dance」.

This is the official video:

A lot of speculations were made regarding the title of this video because 「Fairy Dance」 is the title for the second arc of anime 「sword art online」.

Although there were still no confirmation from REMI herself whether the song was inspired from the novel/anime/manga. Also, according to the credits as seen in the end of the video, Yuki Kajiura is not involved in anything.

The song itself is really soothing. REMI's soprano voice is really great. The PV's so gorgeous. REMI is so cute on that dress (during the bridge).

I hope she collaborates with Yuki Kajiura on another anime project soon.

Who’s the best person who can tell
about me but me, right? Well, most of the time, that’s true. So what’s the real
score with my relationship with myself?

These are the results of the survey conducted during our PSY 1 class. These, supposedly, will help me answer the question “Who am I?”. However, I believe that this question relies majorly on one’s self-concept which is really subjective in nature; other people’s opinion on me may or may have not affected my score on this survey.

For the Locus of Control survey, I got a score of 16 which falls to the range of Situation-specific Locus of Control. I agree that I belong to this category. Sometimes I believe that chance determines my destiny, sometimes not. Back when I was still in high school, I used to think I have a very strong good luck because I get to achieve something without exerting too much effort or without over-thinking about it at all; unlike most of the people around me. I believed I must be one of the favored sons of the Gods. Hahaha! Yes, I used to think that way. However, I soon realized that that kind of thinking is rather irrational and immature-ish. I don’t want to depend on luck forever because I also wanted to prove that I can achieve something with my efforts alone. Now in college, especially during the online enlistment for subjects, I still believe that luck played a role on me getting all the required units I needed for that particular semester. I must still be one of the favored sons of the Gods \(^0^ ). Sometimes, on exams too! There was this case last sem where I had this really difficult major exam made by one of our department’s terror teacher. I was already answering the multiple choice part; however, the choices ranged from A to Z. There were five items under the multiple choice part with only two more left unanswered; I skipped it and and answered the easier parts of the exam. On the last minute of submission of exam papers, I used my calculator’s random number generator and started choosing possible answers from the pool of choices… and surprisingly, I got a perfect score for the multiple choice part. I didn’t know how I did it. I just thought I was really lucky at that time. However, most of the time, I simply don’t resort to luck especially (well mostly) on my academic career and on my thesis.

For the Self-Esteem survey, I got a score of 8 which falls to the range of having an Average Self-Esteem. Somehow, I disagree with this one. Whenever I achieve success on something, I feel really good about myself because I know that I deserve it and that my efforts weren’t in vain. On the other deeper meaning of success, I just want to be recognized by a lot of people that’s why I’m really happy when someone associate me with something that is of worth. I specially feel good whenever people praise my drawing skills. Yes, I really love to draw and I’ve been developing my own technique three years ago; it’s still incomplete, though. I feel good whenever people say something good about my drawings because somehow, they are indirectly telling me to keep up the good work or something like that.

For the Self-Monitoring survey, I got a score of 12 which falls to the range of Situation-specific Self-monitoring. I agree that I belong to this category. I only get to be attuned on impressions on certain social situations when it is warranted. On weddings, when I’m part of the ceremony, I follow the required dress code. However, if I’m not a part of the ceremony, I only wear my casual shirt and jeans and “branded” slippers. Back when I was still in elementary especially during the inter-school competitions, we are required to wear complete uniform and that includes the black shoes. On ordinary school days, slippers will suffice.

For the Self Presentation Strategies survey, I got the highest score for the Intimidation Strategy. I agree that I really belong to those who use this as their Projected Image. My friends always tell me how I give off the unapproachable, irritable, demonic gaze every time. I thought they were just teasing me until I started asking some of my classmates on their impressions on me; surprisingly, yes they really do find me intimidating… physically. I usually just laughed it off but I was eventually bothered because I don’t want people to think of me as someone like that because I’m really not. However, I learned that I can use this to my advantage on some situations. I really don’t like being the leader for a group project/activity. However, sometimes, someone has to be the leader. Yes, sometimes, I’m the leader. Whenever this happens, I see to it that my group mates follow everything I tell them to do. I speak using a louder and deeper voice and usually make an eye-to-eye contact followed by a raise on my left eye brow. However, whenever I use this strategy, I see to it that I don’t make them uncomfortable whenever I’m around.

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Yuuka Nanri, popularly known as the voice of the unit FictionJunction YUUKA, had recently started her solo career under FlyingDog label. Just recently, she released a mini album titled 「LIVE ON!」 in which the title song was used as the theme for the MMORPG 「Arc Frontier」.

In commemoration for the release, two concerts were performed. More info below.

Four, three of the songs in the DVD were already seen live on 「LIVE ON!」 mini album.

Fifth, the b-side of Yuuka's 「odyssey」 single is included.

Sixth, I may be wrong but some tiaraway songs were also included.

Seventh, there are two bonus items included in the BD release.

Lastly, Takumi Ozawa's compositions are the only songs included on the DVD.

Takumi Ozawa does the chorus for most of the songs. I wonder if they retained the chants in nowhere. I wanted to see Kaori Nishina though. Kaori Nishina did most of the chorus in Yuuka's solo singles; the title songs only.

> Good Day Ma'am.> > I've already confirmed my slot for
B.S. Food Technology online and submitted the 3 reply slips that were
asked to be submitted before march 30, 2009.> > The question is if I can change my course to B.S. Chemical Engineering before the enrollment date, May 8, 2009.> > Reason/s for the change of course:> 1.) DOST-SEI - my course isn't enlisted as one of the priority
courses but chemical engineering is. [My second choice is B.S. Chemical Engineering]> 2.) Inclination of my abilities to B.S. Chemical Engineering.> 3.) Parent's Influence.> >
I really want to change my course because of the financial assistance
and of course because of my capabilities as a student in pursuing B.S.
Chemical Engineering.> > Please reconsider my request.> Thanks.> > Joel Marc A. Ngohayon> Incoming Freshmen

>From: "macericarte@uplb.edu.ph" <macericarte@uplb.edu.ph>>To: Joel Marc Ngohayon <joel_jman@yahoo.com.ph>>Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 8:25:29 AM>Subject: Re:
CHANGE COURSE>>Please write a formal letter request
addressed to the University Registrar requesting for the change in your degree program. Kindly attach a copy of the DOST notice sent to you.>>Please submit/send the letter to the Office of the University Registrar as soon as possible for appropriate action.>>Thank you.

>Dear Dr. Ogena,>>Last
DOST-SEI Scholarship Admission Test, we were given slips of paper
showing us our categorization. There were only two check boxes, the
Merit Scholarship and the RA Scholarship. Before we took the exam, we
were instructed to fill out some informations. We were also instructed
to write down the top 3 courses that we'll take up in college; we were
to choose from a list. >>The problem is that we were not oriented [properly] and [we weren't] informed which of the courses are under Merit Scholarship and under
RA Scholarship.>>During the orientation held last April 17, 2009
at the Regional DOST Center of Region 2, almost everyone [including the
parents] were "shocked" because the courses they wanted weren't valid for their respective scholarships [particularly the Merit A and the Merit B scholarships].>>Take me for example. >>I passed the
University of
the Philippines Admission Test under the course B.S. Food Technology.
[You can literally see] The shocked on my face when I [learned] that my course wasn't listed under the Merit
A Courses offered; [however,] it [was included] in the RA courses offered. The problem is [that] we
were not informed during the DOST-SEI examination on which courses are under [the three different] types of [DOST] scholarship.>>I would like to request that on the next
DOST-SEI Scholarship Admission Test, the students should be [well] informed on the [valid] courses and to which type of scholarship each course is under [in order] to
avoid complications and anomalies [just like my case]. >>Very truly yours,>JOEL MARC A. NGOHAYON>[Concerned] Student from Philippine Science High School - Cagayan Valley Campus>Region 2